Wagering Game With Persistent State of Game Assets Affecting Other Players
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of linked gaming machines, each of said plurality of linked gaming machines including a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game that has been selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input, each of said plurality of linked gaming machines allowing a player to achieve a player level from a plurality of player levels; and
a controller linked to said plurality of linked gaming machines and adapted to permit a certain community-event game from a plurality of community-game events to be played at two or more of said plurality of linked gaming machines in response to a conditional state at said plurality of linked gaming machines, said conditional state being a function of said player levels at said plurality of linked gaming machines.
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Abstract
A gaming system includes a plurality of linked gaming machines, each gaming machine including a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game. The randomly selected outcome is selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input. Each gaming machine allows a player to achieve a player level from a plurality of player levels. The gaming system further includes a controller linked to the gaming machines. The controller is adapted to permit a certain community-event game from a plurality of community-game events to be played at two or more of gaming machines in response to a conditional state at the gaming machines. The conditional state is a function of the player levels at the gaming machines.
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71 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of linked gaming machines, each of said plurality of linked gaming machines including a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game that has been selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input, each of said plurality of linked gaming machines allowing a player to achieve a player level from a plurality of player levels; and a controller linked to said plurality of linked gaming machines and adapted to permit a certain community-event game from a plurality of community-game events to be played at two or more of said plurality of linked gaming machines in response to a conditional state at said plurality of linked gaming machines, said conditional state being a function of said player levels at said plurality of linked gaming machines. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
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12. A method for conducting wagering games, comprising:
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conducting said wagering games at a plurality of gaming machines, each of said plurality of gaming machines providing access to a plurality of community events; selecting a community event from said plurality of community events to be played by two or more eligible gaming machines within said plurality of gaming machines, said selecting being based on player levels of players at said plurality of gaming machines; and playing said selected community event at said two or more eligible gaming machines. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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21. A gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of linked gaming machines, each of said gaming machines including a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game that has been selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input, each of said gaming machines allowing a player to achieve a player level from a plurality of player levels; and a controller linked to said plurality of linked gaming machines and adapted to permit a selection of a certain community-event game from a plurality of community-game events, said plurality of community-game events being played at two or more of said plurality of linked gaming machines in response to a community-game activation event, said selection being made by one or more players based on said player levels at said plurality of linked gaming machines. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 27)
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40. A method of playing wagering games, comprising:
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conducting said wagering games at a plurality of linked gaming machines, each of said wagering games having a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome that has been selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input; for each of said plurality of players, determining a player level based on certain criteria occurring at said respective one of said gaming machines, said player level fluctuating during a gaming session in which said wagering game is played multiple times; and in response to a community-game triggering event, selecting a community game from a plurality of community games based on said player levels of said players at said gaming machines that are eligible for said community game at the time said community-game triggering event occurs. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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58. A method for conducting a wagering game, comprising:
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conducting a first wagering game at a first gaming machine, said first gaming machine providing access to a plurality of community events, a first player at said first gaming machine having a first player-level status; conducting a second wagering game at a second gaming machine that is linked to said first gaming machine, said second gaming machine providing access to said plurality of community events, a second player at said second gaming machine having a second player-level status; increasing said second player-level status to a modified player-level status by a transfer from said first player; and in response to said first player-level status and said modified player-level status at said first gaming machine and said second gaming machine, respectively, accessing a certain community event from said plurality of community events. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70)
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